David - FWIW, I prefer pencil and paper, too, but I've done both; and for me it's a whole different solve. Lots more trial and error with Java, and for me it's probably faster. But faster is not what I'm after

12:17 pm December 21, 2012

David wrote:

Just an observation. There were no uncommon words in this interesting quote. The absence of punctuation, of course, made it more difficult to fill in the blanks & discern some of these words, but it was doable without knowing a number of the more obscure answers to the A-Z clues. I like to print & solve these puzzles on paper, and I may have had an easier time of it with not only the grid in front of me but also the entire clue list. The software makes the process more piecemeal & possibly more difficult. I'd be curious to know if those of you who thought this was a real toughie use Java rather than paper & pencil.

9:44 am December 21, 2012

Retired33 wrote:

Confes that Bing bailed me out on this one. From Hellcat to infradig. Still fun. But without help, doubt that I'd have made it.

10:42 pm December 20, 2012

Gregory wrote:

Just got around to this puzzle today. For more challenging than the usual acrostic, for all the reasons stated. The language was brand new, and I finished with INNRADIG in H, since "on" worked in the copy. Sure never heard of that before! Had to come here to have it explained. Great puzzle!

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